Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Ottawa
Room A-205 Colonel By Hall
Telephone: 562-5834
Fax: 562-5177
The Department
Chair of the Department B.S. Dhillon
Graduate Studies Officer Y.M. Haddad
The Department of Mechanical Engineering is one of the two constituents
of the Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering. Consult the Institute entry beginning on page 160
of this Calendar for a faculty list, graduate program descriptions
and admission requirements.
Programs of research and study are offered in several areas. Most
research projects in the Department are in the general fields
of thermofluids, solid mechanics, materials and design, manufacturing
and industrial engineering. Members of the Department are engaged
in research on the following topics: elasticity, plasticity, viscoelasticity,
micromechanics of solids, stress analysis of shells, shell dynamics,
strength of material, vibration, flow-induced vibration, photo-elasticity
and experimental stress analysis, metal forming, plastic deformation
and fracture of metals, ceramics and polymers, hot working of
metals, welding, time and temperature dependent solid state processes,
constitutive relations of plasticity and fracture, fibre composite
material pressure vessels and high performance energy storage
rotors, automated manufacturing of composites, two-phase heat
transfer and fluid flow related to nuclear reactors, two-phase
thermosyphons, swirling flow, turbulent flow structure, turbulent
diffusion, flow and heat transfer in rod bundles, hemodynamics
of cardiac assist devices, infiltration and stack effect in buildings,
low Reynolds number flows, flow visualization, heat exchangers,
power generation, battery and fuel-cell/flywheel hydrid power
train design, liquid fuel combustion, alternate and broad-cut
fuel I.C. engine design, integrated computer-aided design systems,
computer-aided manufacturing and automation, computer control
of mechanical systems, robot design and control, computer vision
for control of machines, reliability modelling, human reliability,
common-cause failures, transit system reliability, and power production
system reliability.
Research Facilities
Research is conducted in large, modern and well-equipped laboratories
containing computerized engine test cells, wind tunnels, water
tunnels, towing tanks, two-phase heat transfer and fluid flow
loops, submerged arc welders, computer controlled filament winder,
material testing apparatus including computer controlled tensile
machine, hydraulic fatigue testing machine and impact tester,
high-speed data acquisition systems, photo-elastic equipment,
shaker table, high-speed rotor testing facility, a selection of
mini- and micro-computers, a state of the art CAD/CAM facility,
robots, computer controllers, computer controlled machine tools,
and a low temperature facility. An AMDAHL 5880 computer is available
in connection with advanced degree work.
Graduate Courses
The following courses are not necessarily all given each year.
- Engineering 89.501 (MCG5101)
Theory of Elasticity
Analysis of stress and strain. Stress and strain tensors. Yield
criteria laws of elasticity and general theorems. Stress functions.
Two-dimensional problems in rectangular and polar coordinates.
Applications in plates and shells. Strain energy techniques.
Application of numerical analysis to elasticity problems.
- Engineering 89.502 (MCG5102)
Advanced Stress Analysis
Solutions to special beam problems including beams on elastic
foundations, curved beams, multi-span beams, etc. as well as some
axisymmetric problems. The significance of assumptions is discussed
and solution techniques including series solutions and energy
methods are utilized.
- Engineering 89.503 (MCG5103)
Theory of Perfectly Plastic Solids
Inelastic behaviour, model materials. Yield criteria and flow
laws. Energy principles. Contained plastic deformation. Plane
strain. Slipline fields. Applications to metal-forming processes.
- Engineering 89.504 (MCG5104)
Theory of Plates and Shells
A general coverage of various approaches to plate problems and
the application of these methods to practical cases. A study of
the theory of shells including deformation of shells without bending,
stresses under various loading conditions, general theory of shells,
shells forming surfaces of revolution.
- Engineering 89.505 (MCG5105)
Continuum Mechanics
Fundamental equations of continuum mechanics. Thermodynamics
of continua. Rheological equations. Hamilton's principle for continua.
Analytical solution of some elasticity and incompressible fluid
dynamic problems. Extension to viscoelasticity and plasticity.
Sound waves. Shock waves. Numerical methods of solution.
- Engineering 89.507 (MCG5107)
Advanced Dynamics with Applications
Review of Euler/Newton and D'Alembert formulation, Euler Angles,
Gyrodynamics, analysis and response of rotating machinery. Lagrangian
dynamics, generalized coordinates, virtual work, generalized forces
and the power function. Determination of system constraint forces
and equilibrium. Emphasis will be on modelling and formulation
of multi-degree-of-freedom vibrational, electro-mechanical, two-
and three-dimensional dissipative systems, and other engineering
applications.
- Engineering 89.508 (MCG5108)
Finite Element Analysis
Review of matrix algebra and structural mechanics. Direct and
variational approaches in the FE analysis of a continuum. Elastic
plane stress, plane strain, axisymmetric and three-dimensional
elasticity. Elementary FE programing. Isoparametric concept, conforming
and non-conforming elements. Thin and thick plates. Thin and thick
shells, axisymmetric shells. Steady-state field problems. Intermediate
FE programing. Introduction to FE software. Applications in mechanical
engineering.
- Engineering 89.509 (MCG5109)
Advanced Topics in Finite Element Analysis
Finite elements and their solution techniques. Multilayered plate,
shell and continua. Eigenvalue and transient analysis, material
and geometric non-linearities. Applications to fracture mechanics.
Steady and transient state heat conduction. Potential flow. Creeping
flow and incompressible viscous flow with inertia.
- Engineering 89.510 (MCG5110)
Micromechanics of Solids
Introduction. Cartesian tensor notation. Continuum mechanics versus
probabilistic micromechanics. Analysis of stress and strain.
Analysis of motion. Classes of materials in micromechanics. Random
theory of deformation. The stochastic deformation process. Application
to classes of materials in micromechanics. Application to classes
of structured solids. Experimental approaches.
- Engineering 89.511 (MCG5111)
Gas Dynamics
Review of thermodynamics of perfect gases. Conservation equations
for compressible flows. Gas flow regimes. Wave propagation in
compressible media. Isentropic flow. One-dimensional unsteady
flow: method of characteristics. Normal and oblique shock waves.
Prandtl-Meyer expansion fans. Nozzle, wind tunnel, shock tube,
diffuser and airfoil applications. Ideal gas flow in ducts of
variable section, friction, heat addition and heat loss. Multi-dimensional
flow and methods of characteristics. Imperfect gas effects, dissociation
and ionization. Methods of measurement.
- Engineering 89.514 (MCG5114)
Analysis and Design of Pressure Vessels
Principles of design, materials, preliminary layout. Elastic
analysis of axisymmetric shells. Discontinuity analysis. Numerical
methods, nozzle-shell analysis. Plastic collapse, fatigue, fracture,
creep, buckling.
- Engineering 89.515 (MCG5115)
Non-Linear Optimization
Formulation of optimization problems. Unconstrained optimization:
direct search techniques, gradient techniques. Constrained optimization:
by unconstrained minimization, by direct methods. Mathematical
programing. Geometric programing. Dynamic programing. Examples
and applications in Mechanical Engineering topics.
- Engineering 89.517 (MCG5117)
Introduction to Composite Materials
Review of strengthening mechanism in metals and polymers. Fibre-reinforced
composite materials: strengthening mechanisms, prediction of
strengths and moduli, specific properties, fracture mechanisms,
toughness, fatigue, creep, effect of environment; fabrication
methods and engineering applications. Laminates; mechanical properties
and engineering applications.
- Engineering 89.518 (MCG5118)
Introduction to Plasticity
The analysis of stress and strain in elastic and plastic continuum.
Time independent plastic deformation. The microscopic basis of
plastic behaviour. Rate dependent deformation. The effect of
temperature. Materials testing. Applications.
- Engineering 89.519 (MCG5119)
Fracture Mechanics
Stress concentration in elastic and plastic media. The energy
condition, crack resistance, compliance, the J. integral. Crack
arrest. Plain strain and plain stress behaviour. The microscopic
aspects of crack propagation. The effect of temperature. Fatigue,
stress corrosion cracking, and creep fracture. Probabilistic fracture.
- Engineering 89.526 (MCG5126)
Deformation of Materials
The deformation and fracture properties of metals, ceramics and
polymers are investigated in low temperature engineering environments.
The principles of atomic bond breaking processes as the fundamental
physical process of deformation and fracture are studied. Deformation
kinetics analysis. Introduction to dislocation theory. The rheological
models. The analysis and interpretation of constant strain rate,
constant stress and stress relaxation tests in terms of the material
structure. Thermal activation analysis. Cyclic loading, hydrostatic
pressure effects. The principles and practice of short-term testing
and analysis.
- Engineering 89.529 (MCG5129)
Hot Working of Metals
High temperature mechanical properties in metals. Types of recovery,
recrystallization and precipitation in metals and their effects
on hot strength and structure. Hot rolling of metals. Selection
of rolling schedules. Influence of as-rolled structure on room
temperature mechanical properties such as yield, tensile and fracture
stresses, impact strength. Roll force calculation. Problems and
defects in rolling.
- Engineering 89.531 (MCG5131)
Heat Transfer by Conduction
Steady one-dimensional systems. Differential equations of Bessel
and Legendre. Extended surface. Fourier series and integration
of partial differential equations. Steady two-dimensional systems.
Steady-state numerical methods. Steady heat source systems. Steady
porous systems. Transient systems; heating and cooling, unsteady
boundary conditions, stationary and moving sources. Transient
numerical method. Experimental analogic method.
- Engineering 89.532 (MCG5132)
Heat Transfer by Convection
General problems of convection. Fundamental equations. Boundary
layer equations. Forced convection in laminar flow. Forced convection
in turbulent flow. Free convection. Condensing and boiling. Heat
transfer to liquid metals. Heat transfer in high-speed flow. Special
topics.
- Engineering 89.533 (MCG5133)
Heat Transfer by Radiation
Thermal radiation and radiation properties. Radiant interchange
among surfaces separated by radiatively non-participating media.
Radiant energy transfer through absorbing, emitting and scattering
media. Combined conduction and radiation. Combined convection
and radiation.
- Engineering 89.534 (MCG5134)
Heat Transfer with Phase Change
Pool boiling. Hydrodynamics of two-phase flow. Flow boiling and
flow boiling crisis. Instability of two-phase flow. Condensation.
- Engineering 89.536 (MCG5136)
Special Studies in Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer
Current topics in the field.
- Engineering 89.537 (MCG5137)
Special Studies in Solid Mechanics and Materials
Current topics in the field.
- Engineering 89.538 (MCG 5138)
Advanced Topics in Mechanical Engineering
Current topics in the field.
- Engineering 89.541 (MCG5141)
Statistical Thermodynamics
Kinetic theory of an ideal gas. The distribution of molecular
velocities. Transport phenomena. Maxwell-Boltzmann statistics.
Quantum mechanics. Quantum statistics. Partition functions. Partition
functions and thermodynamic properties. Derivations of specific
heats of gases. Gas mixtures. Law of mass action.
- Engineering 89.548 (MCG5551)
Théorie d'Écoulement Visqueux
Dérivation des solutions exactes des équations de
Navier-Stokes. Écoulement à petit nombre de Reynolds.
Écoulement de Stokes. Écoulement d'Oseen. Théorie
de lubrification. Couches limites laminaires. Introduction à
la stabilité hydrodynamique.
- Engineering 89.549 (MCG5552)
Théorie de Turbulence
Révision des théories fondamentales et des résultats
expérimentaux des écoulements turbulents. Théorie
universelle de l'équilibre, théorie isotropique
locale. Turbulence isotropique, contrainte homogène des
écoulements, écoulements turbulents dans les tuyaux
et les canaux, jets, sillages, couches limites. Diffusion turbulente.
Modèles de turbulence.
- Engineering 89.550 (MCG5557)
Méthodes Numériques en Mécanique des Fluides
Équations primitives. Méthodes de base à
différences finies. Méthodes intégrales.
Critère de stabilité. Calcul des écoulements
transitoires laminaires tri-dimensionnels. Méthodes MAC
de Los Alamos. Calcul des écoulements multidimensionnels
turbulents. Modèles de turbulence différentielle
(K-E). La méthode numérique de Gosman. Exemples
de programmation et de vérification des problèmes
exemples.
- Engineering 89.551 (MCG5151)
Laminar Flow Theory
Derivation and exact solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations.
Low Reynolds number flows, Stokes flow. Oseen flow, lubrication
theory. Laminar boundary layers. Introduction to hydrodynamic
stability.
- Engineering 89.552 (MCG5152)
Theory of Turbulence
Review of the basic theories and experimental results of turbulent
flow. Universal equilibrium theory, locally isotropic theories,
isotropic turbulence, homogeneous shear flow, turbulent pipe and
channel flow, jets, wakes, boundary layers. Turbulent diffusion
of passive contaminants. Modelling of turbulence.
- Engineering 89.555 (MCG5155)
Inviscid Flow Theory
Langrangian and Eulerian description of fluid motion. Euler equations,
velocity potential, irrotational flow, stream function, singular
flows. Conformal mapping, Schwarz-Christoffel theorems. Airfoil
theory, circulation and lift.
- Engineering 89.556 (MCG5156)
Measurement in Fluid Mechanics
Review of the common experimental techniques used in fluid mechanical
research and applications. Flow visualization techniques. Hot-wire
anemometry. Laser-Doppler anemometry. Measurement of concentration,
temperature, force, pressure.
- Engineering 89.557 (MCG5157)
Numerical Computation of Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer
Governing equations for fluid flow, heat transfer, and chemical
species. Explicit, implicit, finite difference and control volume
procedures for approximating the parabolic and elliptic sets of
partial differential equations and boundary conditions. Numerical
solution by direct and iterative Gauss-Seidel relaxation methods.
Considerations of stability, convergence, and numerical diffusion.
Computational problems.
- Engineering 89.558 (MCG5158)
Industrial Fluid Mechanics
Application of simple flows to analysis of more complex systems.
Pipe and duct systems, flow separation and control, aerosols,
separation of particulates from flow, cavitation, unsteady flow.
- Engineering 89.559 (MCG5159)
Advanced Production Planning and Control
The principles of production management. Methods engineering,
manufacturing control. Recording and evaluation of operations.
Financial and production planning. Inventory control. Automation.
Factory planning.
- Engineering 89.561 (MCG5161)
Environmental Engineering
Thermodynamic considerations. Physiological reactions of humans
to different environments. Principles of ventilation, distribution
and cleaning of air. Illumination and acoustics.
- Engineering 89.566 (MCG5166)
Nuclear Engineering Fundamentals
Review of the engineering applications of the properties of nuclear
radiation and the fission process in nuclear reactors; the theory
and design of shielding; the design of actual nuclear reactor
cores; present nuclear power reactor types and method of control;
isotope production and its application.
- Engineering 89.568 (MCG5168)
Industrial Organization
Principles of organization. Production processes. Organization
and planning production. Evaluation of production activities.
The economics of production. Planning for economy. Information
engineering. Standardization.
- Engineering 89.569 (MCG5169)
Advanced Topics in Reliability Engineering
Overview of classical reliability concepts. Fault tree construction
and evaluation. Common-cause failure analysis of engineering systems.
Human reliability modelling in engineering systems. Human unreliability
data banks. Three state device systems. Delta-star and Mellin
transforms reliability determination techniques. Models to compute
reliability of on-surface transportation vehicles. Reliability
techniques applications in advanced engineering systems.
- Engineering 89.570 (MCG5170)
CAD/CAM
Current technologies of CA drafting: hardware and software. Design
software description: optimization, analysis, and graphical representation.
Current technologies of CAM hardware (NC machines, robots, and
automated transportation systems) and computer-process interface
and control. Introduction to group technology, CA process planning,
and CA quality control. Course is project oriented with hands-on
experience.
- Engineering 89.571 (MCG5171)
Applied Reliability Theory
Coherent systems. Paths and cuts representation. State-space
representation. Observability and controllability. Failure rate.
Repair time. System reliability estimation: binomial model. Strength
stress model. Failure detection and isolation. Multiple sensors.
Model based methods. Expert system approach. Analytical redundancy.
Applications.
- Engineering 89.572 (MCG5172)
Introduction to Management of Automation (Robotics and Numerical
Control)
The administrative concept of automation-robots and numerical
control and the elements of flexible manufacturing systems. Process
design in automation. The role of automation in the administration
of manufacturing and project engineering. Optimization in the
design of computer assisted manufacturing (CAM). Problem solving
and directed studies. State of art review.
- Engineering 89.573 (MCG5173)
Systems Engineering and Integration
State space representation. Observability, controllability, state
estimation. Parameter identification. Steady-state and transient
performance. Stability. Monitoring and regulation. Discretization
effects. System integration. Bandwidth coordination. Technological
systems design examples.
- Engineering 89.576 (MCG5176)
Industrial Control Systems
Concept, analysis and design of classical and modern industrial
control systems: classical control systems; design of electro-mechanical
servo-systems and process controllers. Modern control system applications;
basic techniques in the use of microprocessors. Microprocessor/microcomputer
based control systems for robotics, automation, manufacturing
and instrumentation applications. Design project of industrial
control and automation systems. Not accessible to students
who have taken MCG 4108.
- Engineering 89.577 (MCG 5177)
Robot Mechanics
Robotics overview. Transformations. Basics of robot kinematics,
statics and dynamics. Introduction to practical robots, control
and programing. Project in analysis, design or application of
manipulators. Not accessible to students who have taken MCG
4132.
- Engineering 89.578 (MCG5178)
Advanced Topics in CAD/CAM
Overview of totally integrated CAD/CAM systems. Details of design
and manufacturing software tools. Methods of linking design and
manufacturing tools to form an integrated CAD/CAM system. Students
will undertake projects which will provide them with hands-on
experience.
- Engineering 89.579 (MCG5179)
Flexible Manufacturing
Types of manufacturing systems. The concept of flexible manufacturing.
Overview of the basic components of flexible manufacturing systems:
NC machine tools, programable manipulators, guided vehicles, storage
and retrieval warehouses. Machine cells. System layout and reliability.
Group technology. Workpieces and tools routing. Operations sequencing.
- Engineering 89.580 (MCG5180)
Advanced Topics in Composite Materials
Computer automated manufacturing techniques. Advanced topics
in lamination theory. Interlaminar stresses and free edge effects.
Lamina and laminate failure theories. Principles of non-destructive
testing including damage assessment. Mechanics and failure of
particle, flake, thermoplastic and metal matrix composites.
- Engineering 89.581 (MCG5181)
Advanced Vibrations
Kinematics of vibrations, the single-degree-of-freedom system,
without and with damping, two degrees of freedom, several degrees
of freedom, vibration of shafts, critical speeds, complex presentation,
influence coefficients, matrix method, stability of solution,
approximate methods.
- Engineering 89.582 (MCG5182)
Theory of Elastic Instability
Considerations of instability with respect to small deformation.
Differential equations for linear elements. Conservative and non-conservative
force systems. Energy methods. Instability due to torsional and
lateral forces in beams. Instability of elements curved in a plane.
Applications of trigonometric series in the above problems. Stability
of linear members in the inelastic zone.
- Engineering 89.585 (MCG5185)
Multivariable Digital Control
Quantization. Z-Transform. State equations. Jordan canonical form.
Multirate and nonsynchronous samplings. Controllability and observability
of digital systems. Digital controllers design using bilinear
transformation. Digital PID controller. Stability. Optimal control
of digital systems. Examples of controlling mechanical system
actuators.
- Engineering 89.586 (MCG5186)
Non-Linear Discontinuous Dynamics and Control
Hamiltonian dynamics. Hamiltonian control systems. Lyapunov dynamics.
Decoupling. Phase space analysis. Switching and sliding mode control.
Boundary layer continuous approximation. Actuator, sensors and
controller requirements.Manipulation control examples.
- Engineering 89.591 (MCG5191)
Combustion in Premixed Systems
Stoichiometry, thermo-chemistry, ignition, flame propagation,
flame stabilization, diffusion flames, turbulent combustion, modelling.
- Engineering 89.592 (MCG5192)
Combustion in Diffusion Systems
Gaseous jet flames, combustion of liquid droplets, atomization,
spray flames, coal combustion, fluidized bed combustion.
- MCG 6000
Mechanical Engineering Report
For students in the course work master's program working on the
Engineering Report.
- MCG 7999
M.A.Sc. Thesis
For students working towards their master's thesis.
- MCG 9997
Preparation for Ph.D. Thesis Proposal.
Following completion of the comprehensive examination, registration
required for all Ph.D. candidates until the thesis proposal is
accepted by the advisory committee.
- MCG 9998
Preparation for Ph.D. Comprehensive Examination
Registration required for all Ph.D. candidates until the comprehensive
examination is passed.
- MCG 9999
Ph.D. Thesis
For students working towards their Ph.D. thesis.